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Title
[Portrait
of
Helen
Allegrone
,
circa
1944]
Date
1944
Date approximate?
yes
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Navy--Women
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Navy--WAVES
Item description
Formal
portrait
of
Helen
Allegrone
, a
member
of the
Navy
WAVES
1943-1945
.
Veteran's name
Allegrone, Helen Russell
Veteran's biography
Helen
R
.
Allegrone
(1921-2009)
of
Cambridge
,
Massachusetts
,
served
in
cryptography
in the
WAVES
(Women
Accepted
for
Volunteer
Emergency
Service)
from
March
1943
until
1945
.
Helen
Russell
Allegrone
was
born
in
1921
in
Cambridge
,
Massachusetts
,
where
her
father
was
city
mayor
and her
grandfather
was the
state
governor
. She
attended
Barnard
College
in
New
York
for
one
year
, then
graduated
from
Radcliffe
College
in
Cambridge
in
January
1943.
" In
March
1943
,
Allegrone
joined
the
WAVES
(Women
Accepted
for
Volunteer
Emergency
Service)
. She
attended
basic
training
at
Smith
College
in
Northampton
,
Massachusetts
, and was then
assigned
to the
research
department
in
cryptography
in
Washington
,
D.C
.
Allegrone
was
discharged
from the
WAVES
as a
lieutenant
in the
fall
of
1945
.
In
February
1946
,
Helen
married
Charlie
Allegrone
, and they had
four
children
together
. She
later
earned
a
teaching
certificate
at The
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Greensboro
and
taught
at
all-black
Hampton
Elementary
School
. In
1990
,
Allegrone
ran
for
Congress
, but was
defeated
by
Howard
Coble
.
Allegrone
died
on
9
October
2009
.
Type
image
Original format
photographs
Image type
Formal portrait
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection
WV0062 Helen Allegrone Papers
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IN
COPYRIGHT
. This
item
is
subject
to
copyright
.
Contact
the
rights
holder
noted
above
for
permission
to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0062.6.001
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 --
http://library.uncg.edu/
OCLC number
900810938
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